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Peaks
Peaks Little Sugarloaf, Goose Pond, NH
Trails
Trails: Goose Pond Snowmobile Trail (Orange Trail), Pond Loop Trail, Elwell Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, September 10, 2016
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking at the Elwell Trail trail head across from Wellington State Park. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Not an issue -- the drought has made all crossings nearly bone dry. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Large, thigh-high, step-over blowdown on the southern section of the Pond Loop Trail -- this has been there for about a year now. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: None at all. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Always a nice leg-stretcher.

Water levels at Goose Pond are very low; shallow areas of pond, like the southern end near its outflow that are normally a foot deep and flowing, are now mud pits.

Upper end of pond, while low, is still home to a family of beavers.  
Name
Name: Pancks and Tesco Heaney 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2016-09-11 
Link
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